The Hill Top
Online 81.16.176.157:7056 checked 11m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Oct, 09:06 UTC22d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 04:19 UTC27d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 5.2 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does The Hill Top rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Hill Top places at #7,816, within the top 35% of ranked servers.
How busy is The Hill Top?
The count reads 0 players on The Hill Top, which has 40 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Hill Top mean?
What the game's server browser reads from The Hill Top is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Hill Top?
These Rust Population lists include The Hill Top: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Hill Top?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on The Hill Top?
Too few wipes are on record for The Hill Top to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 22 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does The Hill Top run?
The map on The Hill Top is procedural, made by the game at size 4,250 from seed 1. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Hill Top?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Hill Top. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Hill Top run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what The Hill Top uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does The Hill Top run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 80 server fps, with 28 as the lowest. Up to 105,552 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,389 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is The Hill Top online, and how reliable is it?
The Hill Top is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 9 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Hill Top located?
Nothing published by The Hill Top states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 81.16.176.157:7056.
How to join
How do I join The Hill Top?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 81.16.176.157:7056. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.